The overwhelming audience turnout on the first day of the release of the film forced the Shiv Sena to climb down from its position that it would not allow the release of a Shah Rukh Khan-starrer film.
Angered over the comments made by the actor supporting the inclusion of Pakistani players in the third Indian Premier League (IPL -3) cricket tournament, the Shiv Sena decided to target the release of the film 'My Name is Khan' he was starring in.
For more than a week before the release of the film, Shiv Sena activists threatened to stop the film�s screening, protested outside the actor�s home and have torn posters of the film, warning multiplexes not to screen it.